Chapter 9

Li Xiaoran picked up a twig at random and slowly drew the portrait on the beach. That focused expression, that face full of tenderness and affection, that love flowing from her eyes...

Cao Yang was just about to remind her when he saw Old Tian's camera push forward, directly shooting her face for twenty seconds, capturing all of this.

According to the previous plan, this was a fixed long take, and it wasn't time to push forward yet.

But as a director's sensitivity, Cao Yang thought the same as Old Tian. This is a set of shots that is difficult to reproduce, without the slightest trace of performance, everything is so natural.

The character played by Ding Jiali walked in, squatted down, looked at the portrait on the beach, and asked: "Who is this?"

Li Xiaoran held the twig in her hand, her gaze never leaving the portrait, tilted her head and re-examined the portrait, first smiling gently, then her expression darkened, "It's him."

One sentence, one expression, conveyed a lot of information, allowing people outside the camera to understand.

Ding Jiali smiled, sighed imperceptibly, very lightly, turned her head and said: "Very good, is he that handsome?"

Li Xiaoran smiled at the corners of her mouth, tilted her head left and right to look at the portrait, "He doesn't look like this, but it's about the same."

Ding Jiali asked: "He has no hair?"

Li Xiaoran first shook her head, then nodded. Her face first had a mischievous smile, then quickly restrained, becoming lonely, "He said he was already married and told me to forget him, so punish him by becoming bald."

Cao Yang couldn't help but touch the top of his head, feeling a chill. Isn't this what he just told her a few days ago?

She changed the lines. Originally it was "shaved off, he is bald," but it was changed by Li Xiaoran.

Cao Yang didn't call a halt, just watching if Ding Jiali could catch it. The original lines were no longer applicable.

Ding Jiali had a moment of pause, then naturally continued: "Is that so, then let him go bald."

It was caught very roundly and naturally. It's not about how well the lines were caught; when an actor encounters such an emergency, being able to catch the scene without being abrupt is already a very powerful strength.

Without a doubt, Ding Jiali is a powerful actor, and her acting skills are beyond question.

This is a 4-minute long take. If Ding Jiali had stalled because Li Xiaoran changed the lines, a roll of film would have been scrapped, and 1,500 yuan would have gone down the drain.

As the conversation between the two ended, they fell silent. Ding Jiali looked at Li Xiaoran with a look full of concern. Li Xiaoran looked into the distance, her expression gradually blurred, murmuring like a sleep talk, "I don't know, will he miss me as much as I miss him?"

Ding Jiali's pity arose, as if she were really facing her best friend, couldn't help but gently hug Li Xiaoran, and whispered: "He will, he will."

This is also a line and action outside the script. It is said that good actors not only let themselves into the role but also bring their opponents into the role, and at the same time let the audience into the role.

Perhaps in Ding Jiali's eyes, Li Xiaoran is also a good actor, making her unable to help but enter the role.

Until this four-minute-long take was finished, everyone looked at Cao Yang, including Tian Zhuangzhuang.

These four minutes had too many unexpected things, too many changed lines and actions. Everyone knows that some directors, in order to highlight authority and control the completion of the film, absolutely do not allow actors to change even a single word.

"Pass!"

"Roar..."

A few students from the Beijing Film Academy couldn't help but shout out. At this moment, they regarded this girl, who hadn't even been heard of before, as a talented player. This acting skill is too damn awesome, making people enter the role with her.

I'm afraid that for a considerable period of time, they will remember this girl named Li Xiaoran and take this as capital for bragging.

"Is this what you call good acting? You idiots, when I was filming with Director Cao, you know Li Xiaoran, right? That's the real awesome one, that acting skill..."

Similar words are unlikely to be few.

This film is generally divided into three acts. The first act is hiding abroad, the second act is returning to the country to see friends, and the third act is seeing the director. The last act can also be understood as an extension of the second act, the female lead's fantasy. This four-minute-long take is the last shot of the first act. Because he had a premonition that it would be difficult to shoot, he put it at the end. The second and third acts have a few shots on the beach, which had already been shot before.

To everyone's surprise, this shot, which seemed the most difficult to shoot, passed in one take, and everyone felt incredible.

Now all the shots on Qingdao have been finished, and the rest are almost all indoor shots, which can be shot back in Beijing.

Cao Yang greeted: "Pack up, dinner tonight, back to Jingcheng tomorrow."

"Good..."

Everyone cheered, including the reserved Old Tian. Today's last set of shots gave him another small shock.

Returning to Jingcheng to continue filming, Li Xiaoran also gave the newly joined actors a small shock.

Filming Li Xiaoran waiting for someone at the back door of the cafe, she sang a song of longing softly while smoking. At that moment, it was truly full of tenderness, lingering like smoke, tangling in the heart for a long time and unable to calm down, making everyone present tremble slightly.

Fortunately, most of the supporting roles Cao Yang found were powerful actors who could catch Li Xiaoran's scenes.

Teacher Wang Jinsong teaches acting, so his strength goes without saying.

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Don't look at Sun Honglei as a newcomer who has only played small supporting roles, but he is very awesome in the drama world. He just won the Plum Blossom Award not long ago, and his acting skills are beyond question.

The coal boss's mistress also studies acting, her foundation is okay, and with few shots, wasting some film and shooting a few more times, she can pass.

It was Sister Feihong who came specially, and her scenes with Li Xiaoran were considered many. In contrast, she was ruthlessly crushed and couldn't catch the scene several times.

He originally wanted to give Sister Feihong a few more shots, but maybe the time was too short, and Sister Feihong might not have a deep understanding of the script, leading to a bit of a slump in front of Li Xiaoran.

Cao Yang felt that he should take back his previous words: good actors can let themselves into the role and also bring their opponents into the role, but the prerequisite is that the actors playing against each other must at least have good acting skills, otherwise the contrast will definitely be tragic and they won't be able to catch the scene.

So, Cao Yang changed to shooting Sister Feihong's profile.

Especially when the two were kissing, Li Xiaoran performed naturally and shyly, and the emotional transition was just right, while Sister Feihong was okay playing a cool fairy, but playing shy seemed a bit stiff, and her expression was unnatural.

The contrast between the two was very obvious, and Sister Feihong was crushed again.

After shooting six or seven takes in a row, Cao Yang was still not very satisfied.

Finally, he thought about it, forget it, it's understandable that her expression was a bit stiff after being kissed. Shoot one more take and let her add a gesture of covering her face with both hands.

If you can't see her face, isn't that fine? No one knows whether her expression is shy or stiff. I really am a smart guy.

Cao Yang liked his own wit.

Anyway, the highlight is not on Sister Feihong; this movie is Li Xiaoran's personal show.

After shooting for another ten days or so, the philandering director played by Tian Zhuangzhuang appeared. Don't look at Old Tian as a big director; he never slacks off when acting, and his acting skills are definitely powerful.

The transformation and explosion of emotions come as soon as they are needed, and even wailing is extremely natural.

Counting the delayed time, it took a total of twenty-seven days to shoot all the shots. The moment Cao Yang announced the wrap, the whole crew cheered.

Except for Li Xiaoran.

(End of chapter)